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It’s hard to imagine that Trinity Community Partnership has
been going for more than forty years, yet the challenges now are just
as fresh as those on 13 July 1963! We can always find people ready
to take the next opportunity we can put their way. Some people may
need extra support and encouragement, others need just a hint and
they become fully absorbed in community activity, in their own way,
bringing their own unique set of experiences and skills. This is what
it has been like for over 40 years. We have been giving children,
young people and adults, opportunities to shine, especially those
who would not normally get the chance.
In today’s terms, it is called social inclusion. It is done
best when undertaken with flair, and then it is called social enterprise.
Is it about equal opportunities? Yes! But now we celebrate equality
and diversity, celebrating the strengths of diverse cultures, yet
creating opportunities for choice for us all. By all, we particularly
mean those who experience disadvantage – children, young people
(especially those involved through the criminal justice system), disabled
people, people from minority ethnic groups, people experiencing poverty,
those living in remote rural areas disadvantaged by poor transport
and older people.
At Trinity Community Partnership we pride ourselves on not just talking
about social inclusion and social enterprise…we practice what
we preach. We make things happen. Women are 66% of our managers; disabled
people are 25% of our staff, and are represented at all levels of
management, including at Board level; we employ learning & physically
disabled people, and people who have experienced mental ill health;
people from minority groups are 5% of our staff; we employ modern
apprentices; we employ older people; and we employ over 80 volunteer
staff alongside our 85 paid staff. This is why we won the Remploy
‘Leading the Way’ award at national level in 2002.
In over 40 years, thousands of people have passed through our doors.
We feel we can guarantee that everyone who has passed through has
had a life changing experience. Everyone who has passed through has
also left a footprint, having touched or been touched by a relationship
or an experience. Many people will come back many years later and
enjoy remembering the time when they met someone, played for the football
or netball team, helped a friend, went on a residential training course,
became a volunteer, learned a new skill, got a job, or helped celebrate
our 20th, 30th, or 40th anniversary.
This has all happened because a lot of people, over 40 years, have
made an invaluable commitment as part of a living, working team –
volunteers and paid staff, and particularly trustees of Trinity Community
Partnership – a charity, a company, a Development Trust that
works with people.
Come and join us – have a life changing experience of your own. |
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